Don't Rush Things

[DGFone]

My little two cents on how to make MLK better.

Lately I have noticed that a lot of things have been changed/added to MLK in hopes of making it better and more Lion King oriented. As a side-effect, we saw members leaving, members getting banned temporarily and permanently... and more changes. It's almost as though we are trying to fix problems before we even properly identified them. In short, in an effort to try and fix itself, MLK has gone too ambitious.

So I suggest that we cool off and press on the brakes a little. While I would love to see MLK become better, I can't ignore the fact that every change that has been tried recently has seemed to do more harm then good.

So let's slow down, not change anything, and allow everyone to get used to MLK as it is right now. And then once all the drama has passed, and members more climatized, can we start thinking of trying to fix the problems. So hold on with the big changes and even the small ones. Let's redefine our 'normal'.

This is only my opinion, but I think you should all listen. We want MLK to be an inviting place, not an intimidating one.

[Noah]

Uh. We haven't actually changed anything yet It's still in development.

[Moka]

Yeah.. >.> I mean besides the changes done in the beginning of February.. everything has remained unchanged.

[KingKivuli]

the main issue is with members leaving getting banned etc is a mix. some generally dont like the forum as it is right now, they have all said it in leaving topics, others hate the idea of change cause they are used to the way things are so they cause a fuss. the changes are going to happen though for the benefit of MLK in the long run as a good safe lion king forum

[MalibuTrashDog]

Honestly a few of the members that left it seems like it was because they weren't getting enough attention, not because they didn't like the changes. That is their problem that no one pays attention to them. I think the forum is fine as it is right now, it's actually pretty calm imo. I remember moments where there's deff been more activity than there is now. I guess for now just enjoy the sleepy moments.

[KingKivuli]

i understand what your saying silly and i do agree the forum is calm but its not an active lion king forum as it was designed to be. we dont intend to just throw everything away just add some lion king magic back into the community

[MalibuTrashDog]

Yeah that's a good idea. MLK actually might be the most active TLK-based forum right now, compared to TLK forums like Lilymud, Lea, TLKPF, etc; but it is active in other areas. I do agree that we should try to get the actual TLK threads busy again, it'll be tricky though considering a lot of people have moved on from the movie and most of the topics about the movie have been exhausted. I'm trying to think of what could be done to add a bit of freshness to TLK again. Hmmm -sits and ponders-

[FlipMode]

[quote="SillydogTheGreat"]That is their problem that no one pays attention to them.[/quote]

How is it their problem? No one should be made to feel that they are unwanted on here.

@KK It seems to me that we have just exhausted most of the conversations that can be had from the TLK films. At least that is the conclusion I hit every time I think about it.

[MalibuTrashDog]

[quote="FlipMode"][quote="SillydogTheGreat"]That is their problem that no one pays attention to them.[/quote]

How is it their problem? No one should be made to feel that they are unwanted on here.[/quote]

I didn't mean it like they should be ignored or made to be felt unwanted. Maybe they've just been trying to talk to the wrong people. Like if someone would have just messaged me I would have been all up in that making friends business, then they wouldn't feel attentionless.

Also pardon for if I say anything weird or something that doesn't make sense or w/e, I'm running on no sleep and no food and I'm about ready to pass out.

[Lauren]

[quote="SillydogTheGreat"]Yeah that's a good idea. MLK actually might be the most active TLK-based forum right now, compared to TLK forums like Lilymud, Lea, TLKPF, etc; but it is active in other areas. I do agree that we should try to get the actual TLK threads busy again, it'll be tricky though considering a lot of people have moved on from the movie and most of the topics about the movie have been exhausted. I'm trying to think of what could be done to add a bit of freshness to TLK again. Hmmm -sits and ponders-[/quote]
That's exactly what I kept thinking about. I remember how awesome it was two years ago when the TLK threads were way more active, had a lot of enthusiasm, and the main subject, since that's how MLK got its name. Anyways, let's just see how things go for now...